Taking Internet access from poor people should quell the fires of revolt. Soon, they'll respect their betters. They won't mind the bank bailouts, the crooked media that allegedly tapped people's phones, the hard-wired class structure that cuts down people with the wrong background, the wrong accent, the wrong education.

On Camden High Street in central London, residents gathered Tuesday evening on the rooftops of boarded-up buildings to await pandemonium. "I'm not scared," said George Fletcher, a small, crinkled man sitting outside the Spread Eagle pub where he works. "There's always trouble in Camden."